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Tanıa Bruguera: Self-Sabotage
https://vimeo.com/33776846 Title: Self-sabotage Year: 2009 Medium: Lecture-Performance Materials: Public lecture, table, chairs, brick wall with rusty metal beams, platform (9 inches), mike, sound system, 38 /9 mm firearm, 9 mm bullets NOTE: This piece is only shown as an installation, with no living component Statement: Self-sabotage is a lecture-performance held at the Jeu de Paume in Paris …

İlkyaz’s January Works Are Lıve
As İlkyaz, we work to introduce three young writers every month We translate these works, which are be made up of a short stories or poems, into English and endeavour to introduce them to readers outside of Turkey. January’s works are now live and can be found below. We also aim for a PEN Centre …

Poem by Ross Sutherland: My Shoes Are In Love
About Ross Sutherland: “I am a writer/performer, working across theatre, film and radio from Edinburgh, Scotland. I make the experimental fiction podcast, Imaginary Advice. In 2018, the podcast won gold for Best Fiction at the British Podcast Awards. I’m currently touring a live version of the podcast (see dates below). In October 2018 I’m debuting a …

World PEN Centre’s Publıcıse Our Wrıter’s Works Wıth Norwegıan PEN’s lead
In the ‘Writings’ section of our website, we will be introducing three young writers monthly. Each month we will partner with one of over a 100 PEN Centre’s located in different countries around the world to have the pieces on our platform translated into their local language and shared. This, we hope, will create new …

Spıders Can Fly Thousands of Mıles Wıth Electrıc Power
For the first time, scientists have empirically verified electricity’s role in the ballooning abilities of spiders. On Halloween in 1832, the naturalist Charles Darwin was onboard the HMS Beagle. He marveled at spiders that had landed on the ship after floating across huge ocean distances. “I caught some of the Aeronaut spiders which must have come …